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Re: ~lart local record store !!

Ummm...for those who don't pay attention, this has been coming for quite some time. The CD's have certain info on them that makes them unplayable in non-RIAA approved (read: won't play copied CDs) players. This is a massive violation of the venerable fair-use clause of copyright law (allowing you to make copies for backup or personal use, but not for distribution) that the United States Congress and judicial system are more than willing to let happen. The way to stop this is, of course to have everyone who buys/listens to music write/fax/email/call their government reps (at least in the US - those outside may have different methods) and harass the living **** out of them until they realize that the people who vote in their states/districts won't put up with this crap!

Re: ~lart local record store !!

On another note, all that extra code they slather onto the bitstream actually degrades the sound quality of the recording as well. Sony-Phillips go so far as to say that such disks can not be called &quot;CDs&quot; as they fail to meet the Red Book specification defining CDs.